Free Courses

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

The structure, annotation, normalization, and interpretation of genome scale assays.

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

Learn the significance of electrochemistry, understanding how electrical, chemical, and mechanical energy are linked.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

Learn how to protect your own data, devices, and systems from today's threats.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how traditional and modernist cooking techniques can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about elasticity, viscosity, mayonnaise, baking, and more!

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Learn the fundamentals of chemistry and energy, from the types of energy to atomic mass and matter to enthalpy and thermodynamics.

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.